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<H2 ALIGN="CENTER">International Adoption Statistics</H2>
<P>By Peter Gibson, FCCBC &amp; NWWA. Statistics and Graphs compiled by John
Bowen, FCCBC &amp; NWWA</P>
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<TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"><P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Statistics Canada
recently released figures for International Adoptions by Country and Province.
The following graphs show the number of adoptions from China by Province for
1998 (the most recent), both alone and compared to the total adoptions from
China from 1989 to 1998. The third graph shows the trends for adoptions from
China between 1989 and 1998.</FONT></P>
<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"> </FONT><P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">It is
clear that by far the majority of families adopting from China are from Quebec.
It is also interesting to note that there was generally a dramatic drop across
Canada (except Ontario and Alberta) in 1997. One can speculate that this may be
due in part to the bureaucratic changes in China.</FONT></P>
<P><I>Peter Gibson is a Co-editor of Friends of the Family and John Bowen is a
past editor of Friends of the Family and frequent contributor.</I></P>
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